First Class at the World Airline Awards

1. The Skytrax World Airline Awards were recently announced and those who are lucky enough to travel in
First Class all the time now know who to switch to, and the Etihad reviews have it.
Since it started services in 2004, Etihad Airways has grown from strength to strength, despite being such
a young airline in today’s competitive aviation world. Winning a number of top awards including World’s
Leading Airline for three years running, Etihad has proved that no matter if you are a new comer to the
industry you can continuously set standards higher than others.
This is never more so obvious that with its First Class offering. Skytrax gave it top awards across the
inflight board for its legendary Diamond First Class, winning Best First Class, Best First Class Seat and
Best First Class Onboard Catering. Despite not winning the World’s Best Airline award, Etihad still
managed to come in six out of all of the world’s airlines.
Skytrax regularly audit each airline
to give them a star rating and make
sure that it is continued to be
deserved, however for the awards,
it’s all based on traveller review.
Passengers from over 160 countries
around the world took part in the
world’s largest airline passenger
satisfaction surveys and those
result come in the form of the
World Airline Awards, so these
awards come straight from the public who use the airlines.

2. The World Airline Awards were held this year at the Farnborough Airshow, one of the world’s leading
airshows and where airlines come to make their big announcements, order hoards of aircraft and show
off their new aircraft. Qatar Airways was one such airline who showed off its new Boeing 787 aircraft
with a series of displays and fly pasts. The airshow is also an opportunity to make industry contacts at
the event’s trade show, dedicated to all things aviation, from safety and security to new technologies
and future concepts.
One real draw to the show was Virgin Galactics most recent announcement of being able to launch
satellites into space by 2016, making it much more affordable and accessible for companies to do. Sir
Richard Branson said that 529 people have signed up to the two hour trip into space that will fly 60 miles
into the air and cost £130,000 each. If all goes to plan the first expected paying passengers will take their
trip to space in 2014.
So if you are travelling First Class, it’s clear that according to the public, the Etihad reviews were the
world’s best.